Steam Learn: Zend PHP Engineer Certification

4th of September 2014

How to prepare for the PHP certification

by Denis Fortin


How to prepare for the PHP certification

Passing PHP certification exam is a peculiar experience

● What is the PHP certification ?

● What does the exam looks like ?

● How to prepare for the exam ?


What is the PHP certification ?

● Provided by Zend Technologies

● Assures a minimum level

● Forces you to know PHP basics

● Opens a community of Zend Certified Engineers


What does the exam looks like ?

● 90 minutes to answer all questions

● Possibility to mark answers and review them



Composed of 70 questions in 10 different topics :➔ PHP basics➔ Data formats and types➔ Strings & Patterns➔ Arrays➔ Input / Output➔ Functions➔ Object-Oriented programming➔ Databases➔ Security➔ Web features

Highest emphasis

Average emphasis

Lowest emphasis



➔ Multiple choice … Only one answer correct◆ Most frequent type



➔ Multiple choice … Two or more answers correct◆ Number of correct answers is indicated



➔ Free text … Open answer◆ No whitespace, no explanations◆ Identify function name, script output, ...


How to prepare for the exam ?

Trick questions

● Number representations○ Octal, hexadecimal, binary, exponent

● Casts

● References

● Streams

● Don't assume what the code does too quickly



Zend provides resources to prepare yourself :

● Study Guide (PDF)○ 150 pages

● Recorded training○ 10 videos○ ~ 7 hours

● http://php.net

http://php.net

http://php.net



Some tips :

● Mark down subjects to need to know better

● Experiment

● Be ultra concentrated

● Pass the exam as soon as you feel ready



3v4l.org



Training questions

● Google form made by Inovia

○ Questions from Study Guide

○ Good example of what you get on the exam


Conclusion

➔ Not so hard if you are well prepared

➔ Be ultra focused during the exam and preparation


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Resources

Directory of Zend Certified Engineershttp://www.zend.com/fr/services/certification/zend-certified-engineer-directory#cid=0&certtype=&firstname=&lastname=&company=inovia&ClientCandidateID=

Training questions(internal only)

Ultimate MANhttp://php.net

Experimentation toolhttp://3v4l.org

http://www.zend.com/fr/services/certification/zend-certified-engineer-directory#cid=0&certtype=&firstname=&lastname=&company=inovia&ClientCandidateID=




http://php.net

http://php.net

http://3v4l.org

http://3v4l.org

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